Tender green and bronze-toned butterhead lettuce growing in a garden bed

Lettuce Butterhead Seeds

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    Grow tender leaves for fresh meals with butterhead lettuce seeds from David's Garden Seeds®. Butterhead types are valued for soft texture and mild flavor, often forming loose heads with gently folded leaves. This collection offers different sizes and leaf forms, so compare individual selections for your garden and preferred harvest.

    Explore Your Lettuce Choices

    • Bibb: Explore a familiar butterhead selection for tender fresh leaves.
    • Tom Thumb: Consider this compact choice when comparing mature size and spacing needs.
    • Marvel of Four Seasons: Add a distinctive selection to your salad garden, following its own seasonal guidance rather than assuming the name guarantees year-round performance.
    • Pelleted Nancy and Adriana: Choose available packet sizes with easier-to-handle coated seed.
    • Bibb Deer Tongue Amish: This included selection has a different leaf form from a typical rounded butterhead. Check its listing for the expected shape and harvest habit.

    Plan for Cool-Season Growing

    Lettuce generally performs best in cool conditions. Spring and fall can suit many gardens, but local weather determines the best planting window. Heat can reduce germination, encourage bolting and affect flavor. Head size and formation depend on variety, spacing and growing conditions.

    Planting Tips for Success

    • Start at suitable temperatures: Follow product-specific sowing guidance and avoid relying on a hot seedbed for germination.
    • Sow shallowly: Use fine seed-starting mix or well-prepared soil and follow the recommended depth.
    • Keep pellets moist: Nancy and Adriana's coatings need consistent moisture to soften. Avoid drying the seedbed out or leaving it saturated.
    • Space by variety: Compact and larger selections need different spacing. Allow room for the intended harvest size.
    • Choose suitable light: Use a location suited to the season; afternoon shade may help during warmer weather.
    • Water evenly: Maintain consistent moisture without waterlogging or repeated wilting.
    • Feed thoughtfully: Use fertile, well-drained soil and follow soil-test and fertilizer-label recommendations.
    • Stagger sowings: Where conditions allow, grow small batches for a spread of fresh harvests.

    Harvest and Handle Gently

    Follow each variety's guidance for young leaves, careful outer-leaf picking or mature plants. If picking outer leaves, protect the growing center and leave enough foliage for continued growth. Repeat harvest is not unlimited. Harvest before bolting reduces quality, wash tender leaves gently and refrigerate promptly.

    Ways to Enjoy Your Harvest

    • Delicate salads: Toss harvested leaves lightly with dressing just before serving.
    • Sandwiches: Add soft leaves for fresh texture.
    • Lettuce cups: Use suitable larger leaves with cool fillings.
    • Mixed garden salads: Pair tender butterhead leaves with other lettuce textures and seasonal vegetables.

    Serving suggestions refer to harvested lettuce, not planting seeds or pellet coating.

    Why Choose David's Garden Seeds®?

    • Veteran-Owned: Supplying premium seeds since 2009.
    • GO TEXAN Certified: Supporting local agriculture and communities.
    • Integrity Pledge: David's Garden Seeds has taken the Seed Integrity Pledge.
    • Vegetable Seed License: David's Garden Seeds has been granted a Vegetable Seed License for the State of Texas.

    Order Butterhead Lettuce Seeds Today

    Choose tender lettuce for fresh salads and garden-to-table meals.

    Browse individual products for availability, seed counts and growing instructions. Size, color, flavor and harvest performance vary with variety and conditions. These products are seeds, not harvested lettuce or live plants.

    Grow something beautiful. Grow something delicious. Grow with David's Garden Seeds®.

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    Illustration of whole and chopped Butterhead Bibb lettuce on a wooden cutting board, square image
    Lettuce Butterhead Bibb 1000 Non-GMO, Heirloom Seeds
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    Illustration of whole and halved Tom Thumb lettuce on a wooden cutting board, square image
    Lettuce Butterhead Tom Thumb 1000 Non-GMO, Heirloom Seeds
    David's Garden Seeds®
    Bronze-red and green Marvel of Four Seasons butterhead lettuce whole, halved and sliced on a wooden cutting board.
    Lettuce Butterhead Marvel of Four Seasons 1000 Non-GMO, Heirloom Seeds
    David's Garden Seeds®
    Nancy-type green Boston butterhead lettuce heads, whole and halved, on a wooden cutting board
    Pelleted Seed Lettuce Butterhead Nancy 4 Non-GMO, Heirloom Sizes Available
    David's Garden Seeds®
    Green butterhead lettuce heads, whole and halved, on a wooden cutting board
    Pelleted Seed Lettuce Butterhead Adriana 4 Non-GMO, Heirloom Seed v Sizes Available
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    A fresh, vibrant green leafy herb plant, likely a variety of scallion or green onion, isolated on a solid white background with a circular
    Lettuce Butterhead Bibb Deer Tongue Amish 1000 Non-GMO, Heirloom Seeds
    David's Garden Seeds®